Raz Askar

“For though your mind is active enough, your heart is darkened with corruption, and without a pure heart there can be no full or genuine sensibility.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

“But man is so partial to systems and abstract conclusions that he is ready to distort the truth, ready to hear nor see anything, as long as he can justify his logic.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

“وإذا فشل مشروع من مشاريعك فقل إن الفلسطينيين سبب ذلك الفشل، كيف؟ إنه أمر لا يحتاج إلى تفكير طويل، قل إنهم مروا من هناك مثلا.. أو أنهم رغبوا في المشاركة.. أو أي شيء آخر، إذ ما من أحد سينبري لمحاسبتك”
― غسان كنفاني, أرض البرتقال الحزين

“Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger